From David
Hoffman: Sonia and I have had a lot of fun wandering around the web
learning a great deal more about the Jewish
cultural/political/social/organizational scene of LA circa 1900 - 1920.
(Workman's Circle/Arbeter Ring, Folk Schule; various branches of Zionism
active in LA from 1901 on, trade unions (particularly the ILGWU) and other
political groups, and their interrelationships and ties to hospitals, and
schools.)

Thank you, thank you! I have just
spent an hour (not nearly enough!) enjoying first, the map of 1909 Los Angeles,
then Rochlin's wonderful evocative story of her mother-in-law's life in
Nogales. I can see that I am not going to get much done this weekend! Carol
Dondick

"The Supreme Court's decision in Shelley v.
Kraemer in 1948, ending racial and religious restrictions in home sales, enabled
Jews to move to neighborhoods that had been off limits (the issue of minorities
and housing would continue to be controversial, however, for many years). By
the 1960s only the elderly seemed to be all that was left of the Jewish
community in Boyle Heights. I recall the not uncommon comment, "My grandmother
still
lives in Boyle Heights, she won't leave."

The largest,
oldest and likely most influential Jewish Reform Synagogue in Los Angeles is
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, at Wilshire Boulevard and Hobart Street, built in
1929. The three designers of the Byzantine structure are Abram Edelman (son of
the temple's first rabbi and architect of the previous temple at Ninth and Hope
streets), S. Tilden Norton (noted architect and honorary president of the
Temple) and David Allison."

The following organizations are additional important sources of information
to anyone studying the history and development of Los Angeles. Be sure to
telephone ahead of time in order to make sure that they have the resources you
need, and to set up an appointment as needed.